Making the prayer at the end of Hebrews my own…

God of peace, equip me with all I need for doing your will.  Produce in me, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to you.

Too often there is a message playing in my mind that says, “Do more.  Be more.  You are not enough.”

Do you know that message?  Does it get stuck on repeat in your mind too?

And as it repeats, it becomes a weight pushing down, pushing under.

 

But He doesn’t push down.  He lifts up – the Lifter of my head and the One who daily bears my burdens…

 

I can count on Him to equip me with what I need (not what I think I need) to do His will (not every imaginable calling, mission, or good deed that I think I should do).  And He will produce in me through the power of Jesus (not through my efforts, my straining, my will power) the good things that are pleasing to Him.

 

He is enough – and I am enough because He is.

All glory to him forever and ever!  Amen.  (Hebrews 13:21b)